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January 6, 2025 at 5:10 AM

Best Bet for 2025: Stronger Trade Ties Between Europe and China

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January 6, 2025 at 4:45 AM

Free Cash, Mergers, and Capital Spillage

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January 6, 2025 at 2:50 AM

Love Is Blind Just Got Hit With a Federal Labor Complaint. Will It Change Anything?

Portside Culture Love Is Blind Just Got Hit With a Federal Labor Complaint. Will It Change Anything?     Li Zhou December 14, 2024 Vox Love Is Blind just got hit with a federal labor complaint. Will it change anything? It sends an important message, …

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January 5, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Unions Get Bigger in Texas

Unions Get Bigger in Texas     Emily Markwiese December 23, 2024 The Progressive Open hostility to unions has left the Lone Star State largely without worker power. Until now. Matt Lloyd (front right) and other UAW Local 2360 members on strike in f…

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January 5, 2025 at 1:05 AM

The Rise of the French Fry Cartel

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January 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM

How Trump Nominees Could Make Project 2025 a Reality

How Trump Nominees Could Make Project 2025 a Reality     Amanda Becker January 2, 2025 The 19th While many of the policies in Project 2025 have been floating around Republican circles for years, the document is a roadmap that shows how its authors believe th…

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January 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Today, As in the Past, Germany Claims the Authority To Define Who Is a Jew

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January 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Tariq Ali: Memories of the Struggle Reloaded

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January 4, 2025 at 1:40 AM

Friday Nite Videos | January 3, 2025

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January 4, 2025 at 1:20 AM

This Is Some of What We Must Do To Reform Our Dysfunctional Healthcare System

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January 4, 2025 at 1:15 AM

What Is the Duty of the Israeli Left in a Time of Genocide?

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January 4, 2025 at 1:10 AM

How Will Mexico’s New President Deal With Trump, Migration, and Drug Cartels?

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January 4, 2025 at 1:10 AM

Elvis, the Polio Vaccine, and Us

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January 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Election Results

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January 3, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Trump Voters Are In for a Rude Awakening

Trump Voters Are In for a Rude Awakening     Robert McCoy January 1, 2025 The New Republic Trump sold them countless, often conflicting fantasies. In 2025, he’ll face political reality. He was whoever they wanted him to be—a choose-your-own-candidate. Voters…

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January 3, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Jimmy Carter Was Right About Israel’s Apartheid

Jimmy Carter Was Right About Israel’s Apartheid     Seraj Assi December 30, 2024 Jacobin No US president has ever been willing to call the system imposed by Israel on the Palestinians what it is: apartheid. Except Jimmy Carter. Jimmy Carter was a champion of…

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January 3, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Palestinians Are Souring on Hamas – and They Want an End to the War

Palestinians Are Souring on Hamas – and They Want an End to the War     Dahlia Scheindlin December 30, 2024 Haaretz There's the bad news – apocalyptic destruction in Gaza, rampant poverty, utter despair about the Palestinian Authority–and there's more bad ne…

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January 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM

5 Things To Know About the AfD, Elon Musk’s New Friends on the German Far Right

5 Things To Know About the AfD, Elon Musk’s New Friends on the German Far Right     Mehdi Hasan December 23, 2024 Zeteo First, Elon Musk helped buy the U.S. presidential elections. Now, he is interfering in Germany's elections, by supporting the ultra-righti…

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January 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Tidbits – Jan.2 – Reader Comments: MAGA Divide – Round One to the Plutocracy; GOP Plan To Dismantle Pro-Palestinian Movement; Chanukah Is Choice Between Life and Death; Resource – World-Changing Impact of Vaccines; Cartoons; and More…

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January 2, 2025 at 7:30 AM

The MAGA Honeymoon Is Over

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January 2, 2025 at 7:10 AM

Her Mental Health Treatment Was Helping. That’s Why Insurance Cut Off Her Coverage.

Her Mental Health Treatment Was Helping. That’s Why Insurance Cut Off Her Coverage.     Maya Miller and Duaa Eldeib December 31, 2024 ProPublica Insurers use a patient’s improvement to justify denying mental health coverage which, in some cases, can cause da…

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January 2, 2025 at 6:50 AM

Will Defeating the Oligarchs Be Easy? Of Course Not

Will Defeating the Oligarchs Be Easy? Of Course Not     Bernie Sanders December 31, 2024 Common Dreams If there was ever a moment when progressives needed to communicate our vision to the people of our country, this is that time. Despair is not an option. …

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January 2, 2025 at 6:40 AM

What It’s Truly Like To Sleep in a Damp, Frigid Gaza Tent

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January 2, 2025 at 3:35 AM

Has Political Correctness Gone Mad?

Portside Culture Has Political Correctness Gone Mad?     Sean Sayers December 11, 2024 Marx & Philosophy Review of Books This new book offers an analysis of one of the right wing's main talking points. ,   Has Political Correctn…

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January 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Global Left Midweek – January 1, 2025

Global Left Midweek – January 1, 2025     January 1, 2025 xxxxxx The big picture ,   Jayati Ghosh on Democracy Civil Society Trends for 2025 Saving the Planet Cuba: Yet Another Special Period New Formations Capital – The Cold Case Neoliber…

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January 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM

Top 2024 Victories for People and Planet To Inspire Next Year’s Activism

Top 2024 Victories for People and Planet To Inspire Next Year’s Activism     Caroline Wagner, Francesca Cresta, Tan Lee Kuen December 19, 2024 Greenpeace Across the globe, people took bold steps to care for the planet; 2024 showed us the strength of coming t…

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January 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM

A Global Minimum Wage Would Reduce Poverty and Corporate Power

A Global Minimum Wage Would Reduce Poverty and Corporate Power     Lawrence S. Wittner December 24, 2024 Foreign Policy in Focus The rich are growing astronomically richer while poverty reduction has ground to a standstill. ,   In today’s …

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January 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM

A Palestinian Year in Review: Genocide, Resistance and Unanswered Questions

A Palestinian Year in Review: Genocide, Resistance and Unanswered Questions     Ramzy Baroud December 30, 2024 Counterpunch The story of the Israeli war on Gaza can be epitomized in the story of the Israeli war on Beit Lahia, a small Palestinian town in the …

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January 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Teachers Turn To Study Groups for Anti-Racist Learning as History Is Whitewashed

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January 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM

The Nine Lives of Barbara Dane

Portside Culture The Nine Lives of Barbara Dane     Bill Meyer December 12, 2024 Hollywood Progressive An opening scene in the documentary shows Dane flipping through the pages of a massive looseleaf binder that contains her entire FBI Red Squad file…

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January 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – December 31, 2024

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – December 31, 2024     December 31, 2024 xxxxxx Cold culture wars heating up ,   Democrats’ Political Grief  The Climate of Fear The Art World Crackdown on Palestine Solidarity Rating Murderers: Mangione a…

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December 31, 2024 at 5:15 AM

A Class in Politics

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December 31, 2024 at 2:40 AM

This Week in People’s History, Jan 1–7

This Week in People’s History, Jan 1–7     xxxxxx Too Good To Be True (1950), What’s Worse Than One Palmer Raid? (1920), Protest Genocide and Go To Jail (1895), Great Society=Great Hypocrisy (1965), The Big City's Calling (1920), A Writing Star Is Born (1935…

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December 31, 2024 at 1:05 AM

The Plutocracy Wins Another Round Against MAGA Nation

The Plutocracy Wins Another Round Against MAGA Nation     Timothy Noah December 30, 2024 The New Republic Elon Musk emerged victorious in Trumpworld’s first fight over foreign-born tech workers. But underneath Laura Loomer’s hateful rhetoric lies a legitimat…

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December 31, 2024 at 1:00 AM

2024 Word of the Year: Genocide (As In, Gaza)

2024 Word of the Year: Genocide (As In, Gaza)     Juan Cole December 29, 2024 Informed Consent Genocide does not necessarily mean the destruction of a nation accomplished by mass killings of all members of a nation. It is intended to signify a coordinated pl…

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December 31, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Ecuador Hands Over Galapagos Islands To Build U.S. Military Base

Ecuador Hands Over Galapagos Islands To Build U.S. Military Base     Edited by Ed Newman December 17, 2024 Radio Havana Cuba The decision of the Noboa government to hand over these islands goes against what the Ecuadorian people decided in the referendum to …

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December 30, 2024 at 1:10 AM

The Drama and Suffering of the World Chess Championship

The Drama and Suffering of the World Chess Championship     J.C. Hallman December 27, 2024 The Nation A dispatch from the pivotal Game 11 in Singapore that helped make Gukesh Dommaraju an 18-year-old chess champion. Ding Liren, top right, and Gukes…

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December 30, 2024 at 1:10 AM

Sunday Science: The Speed of Human Thought Lags Far Behind Your Internet Connection, Study Finds

Sunday Science: The Speed of Human Thought Lags Far Behind Your Internet Connection, Study Finds     Carl Zimmer December 28, 2024 New York Times A new study is “a bit of a counterweight to the endless hyperbole about how incredibly complex and powerful the …

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December 30, 2024 at 1:05 AM

A Portside Message: Say ‘No’ to a Wannabe Dictator

Portside Culture A Portside Message: Say ‘No’ to a Wannabe Dictator     Portside Moderators December 29, 2024 Portside Donald Trump is signaling that he will attempt a coup before even taking office. It's going to take all of our strategizing and mob…

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December 30, 2024 at 1:05 AM

Trump Confronts a Rising China

Trump Confronts a Rising China     Michael Klare December 17, 2024 TomDispatch Can He Manage U.S.-China Relations Without Precipitating World War III? Donald Trump, Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0   Gaz…

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December 30, 2024 at 1:05 AM

Hopping Across the Line

Hopping Across the Line     John Washington December 19, 2024 The New York Review In Soldiers and Kings, Jason De León uses the anthropological method of “deep hanging out” to offer a complicated portrait of migrant smugglers. No puedo pasar (Perfo…

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December 30, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Woody and Pete on Fascism

Woody and Pete on Fascism     Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger January 4, 2009 UnAmerican Bandstand This a radio program recorded in the 1940s in which Woody Guthrie sings accompanied in that performance by Sonny Terry on harmonica, Pete Seeger on banjo and Cisco …

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December 30, 2024 at 1:00 AM

How Black Doves Subverts the Gay Best Friend Stereotype

Portside Culture How Black Doves Subverts the Gay Best Friend Stereotype     Ryan Gilbey December 16, 2024 The Guardian Ben Whishaw is Keira Knightley’s gay bestie in pulpy Netflix thriller Black Doves but he’s playing more than mere sassy sidekick …

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December 29, 2024 at 1:05 AM

Article America’s Health Insurance Grinches

Article America’s Health Insurance Grinches     Lynn Parramore December 20, 2024 Institute for New Economic Thinking A Scathing Indictment of “Market” Economics , Institute for New Economic Thinking   The country’s flawed insurance model, …

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December 29, 2024 at 1:05 AM

MAGA Civil War Erupts

MAGA Civil War Erupts     Emily Brooks and Julia Shapero December 27, 2024 The Hill A war between High Tech Corporate leaders and the anti-immigrant MAGA base. Elon Musk, Andrew Harnik/GETTY   A Trump World civil war has erupted over visas …

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December 29, 2024 at 1:00 AM

The Infant Revolution in Bach’s Christmas Music

The Infant Revolution in Bach’s Christmas Music     David Yearsley December 20, 2024 CounterPunch "Consider this exchange, you who can think of it; The King becomes a subject, The Lord appears as a vassal and is for the human race – o sweet word in every ear…

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December 29, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Looking Backward Autobiographically

Looking Backward Autobiographically     Victor Grossman December 22, 2024 MR OnLine I still retain sparks of hope that 2025 will not see more gains for the biblical Four Horsemen—War, Pestilence, Famine and Devastation—but rather more struggle, at least a li…

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December 29, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Chanukah Is a Choice Between Life and Death: Choose Life

Chanukah Is a Choice Between Life and Death: Choose Life     Alan Wagman December 9, 2024 xxxxxx We need not surrender Chanukah to Zionism’s dark vision. As rabbis refocused Chanukah more than a millennium ago, we can honor the instruction in Deuteronomy, “.…

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December 28, 2024 at 1:15 AM

Friday Nite Videos | December 27, 2024

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December 28, 2024 at 1:05 AM

An Open Letter to Elon Musk

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